The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Stronghurst Graphic: April 23, 1925
BANKERS DISCUSS PROTECTION: A meeting of the Henderson County Bankers Association was held at the State Bank of Stronghurst with the following bank officials and directors in attendance: P. P. Linell and R. B. Parsons of Oquawka; F. A. Strickler of Lomax; J. K. Barry of Media: A. J. Pierson of Gladstone; J. C. Brook of Media; Frank Crenshaw, C. H. Curry, R. W. Marshall, C. R. Kaiser, D. Prescott, A. F. Kaiser, C. E. Peasley, B. G. Widney and J. F. McMillan of Stronghurst. P. D. Linell was elected as president for the ensuing year; B. G.Widney as vice-president; and R. B. Parson as secretary. Doug Prescott was selected as the delegate to the bankers group meeting to be held in Moline, Ill. in June. The principal matter discussed was that of better protection against day-light hold-ups and raids.
While no definite plans were formulated, it was decided to hold another meeting at which time R. C. Saunders, the man who organized a protective system for Iowa Bankers which reduced bank robberies to a minimum in that state last year, is expected to be present and explain the Iowa system to the Henderson County men.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: We invite you to drive up and inflate your tires with the new air hose which we have installed for your convenience. If you need a new tire or repairs may we serve you.-Ed Logan (Autos were here to stay.)
CHIROPRACTORS ASK FOR RECOGNITION: Opposition from certain quarters to Chiropractic practice in this state has manifested itself recently in the arrest and fining of a large number of practitioners of this particular system of healing under the medical practice act. This has aroused the members of the Chiropractic profession in the state to the necessity of protective measures of some kind and a bill is being prepared for introduction in the legislature asking for recognition of Chiropractic as a legitimate profession and providing for regular examinations under state supervision of applicants who wish to engage in the profession and providing also for the issuing of licenses to applicants who successfully pass such examination.
DEATH OF ROSS KING: Ross T. King, a former resident of the Raritan neighborhood and well known to many, passed away at his home in Galesburg, Ill. last Tuesday Funeral services will be conducted at Galesburg on April 24th at 11 o'clock A.M. The remains will then be brought to Walnut Grove Cemetery northeast of Stronghurst where interment will be made. For the benefit of any who may desire to be present at the interment, it is stated that the funeral party is expected to arrive at the cemetery at about 2 P.M.
LUTHERANS CELEBRATE NEW PASTOR: A very pleasant reception for the new pastor of the Stronghurst Lutheran Church, Rev. E. J. Holt and his family was held at the church Friday evening. The affair was in the nature of a surprise to them as they had been invited to the country for supper and returning about 8 o'clock to be present at choir practice.
When they entered the church, they found almost the entire congregation assembled along with Rev. and Mrs. Lorimer of Monmouth. Rev. Lorimer, who has been the vice pastor of this congregation for almost a year, expressed in a very pleasing manner the happiness of the congregation in again having a minister of their own. At the close of his remarks, he presented Rev. Holt with an envelope containing a substantial sum of money contributed by the members of the congregation.
Although taken completely by surprise, Rev. Holt responded in a very able and appropriate manner and expressed the thanks of himself and family for their manifestation of kindness. After the singing of a familiar hymn, all present were invited to the beautifully decorated dining room of the church where a delicious two course luncheon was served.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mrs. Myra Fort, who has been confined to her home by illness for several months, was taken to Rochester, Minn. for treatment at the Mayo Bros. institution. C.S.Brokaw, who has made his home at Colorado Springs, Colo., for the past few years, arrived here and will again take up farming on his old place southeast of Stronghurst. Mr. Daryl Dowell wishes to thank the finder of the suitcase containing clothing and to the Graphic for making it possible for him to recover his property. Harold Fornell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Del Fornell of Stronghurst is in a rather critical condition at the Burlington Hospital where he underwent an operation for tuberculosis of the bone in one of his limbs.
Amounts unpaid on Stronghurst Village water system assessments will become delinquent after April 30th. Advertisement and sale of property assessed will result form failure to meet these payments by that date-W.C.Regan Collector (Guess you better pay up or lose your land; they just didn't mess around back then.) At a meeting at the NuVon Hotel Tuesday evening, a number of businessmen interested in the free street entertainment proposition decided to give another open-air entertainment sometime within the next two weeks; the exact time is left to a committee on arrangements and program selected.
George Decker is prepared to accept lawn mowing and other odd jobs. "April's Group" invites you to come out Friday night to the show at the Lyric Theatre and hear some good orchestra music by the high school. The high school and grade school district boards are in session considering bids and proposals and listening to representatives of various construction, plumbing, heating and lighting concerns preparatory to letting contracts for the erection of Stronghurst's proposed new school building.
W. T. Love of Gladstone has been interviewing some of our business men concerning a plan which he has for building a large city on a tract of land south of the village of Gladstone and in which the "garden city" idea, which has proved successful in England, will be carried out. Mr. Love reports, we are told, he has already secured options on about 1,600 acres of land in the district mentioned. (This is the same W. T. Love was an entrepreneur at Lomax in 1912. Read Lomax, A Pictorial History, 1912-1930 by Glen Smith and Bill Lionberger at the Henderson County Public Library. The pictures are fascinating.)